Blessed of the Lord is brother David [Whitmer]
, for he truly is a faithful friend to mankind, and he should be beloved by all, because of the integrity of his heart. All his words are as steadfast as the pillars of heaven, because truth is his only meditation, and he delighteth in it, and shall rejoice in it forever. The Lord God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, shall be on his right hand and on his left, and shall go before his face,1
and shall be his rear ward,2
and his enemies shall become an easy pray unto him;3
for behold, he it is, whom the Lord hath appointed to be captain of his host,4
under the guidance and direction of him who is appointed to say unto the strength of the Lord’s house, Go forth and build up the waste places of Zion.5
A mighty shaft shall he be in the quiver of the Almighty6
in bringing about the redemption of Zion
, and in avenging the wrongs of the innocent. He shall yet stand upon the land of Zion
, from whence he has been driven, and shall find inheritance
there; and shall be a ruler in Zion until he is old and well stricken [p. 13] in years. And shall enjoy an abundance of the precious things of the lasting mountains,7
and shall have part with his brethren in all the good things of this earth, and shall never want a friend. He shall bring down his adversaries under his feet, and shall walk upon their ashes when their names are blotted out. His name shall be a blessing among all nations, and his testimony shall shine as fair as the sun, and as a diamond it shall remain untarnished. There shall not be a spot upon his character while he lives, neither upon his seed after him unto the latest posterity: he shall not be forsaken nor his seed found begging bread.8
Amen.Oliver Cowdery
, Clerk and Recorder.
Given like the foregoing blessings, by vision, to Joseph Smith, jr. the Seer
,9
September 22, 1835, and recorded Oct. 2, 1835. [p. 14]
Blessed of the Lord is brother John [Whitmer]
: he shall live to a good old age, and his generations after him shall be blessed. He shall live to a good old age, and wax more and more steadfast in the work of the Lord, and he shall make a choice record of Israel unto the memory of his name.1
He shall truly be chastened wherein he steps aside, yet he shall escape the hand of the Destroyer, and shall never fall by the hands of his enemies: and he shall be avenged of the wrongs he has sustained by them. He shall be blessed, and a means of bringing many blessings upon his father
’s2
family. He shall be blessed with abundance of the good things of the this earth,3
with houses and lands, in the fruit of the field, with horses and with asses and with she asses, with gold and with silver, and with precious stones, even the things of the lasting mountains.4
He shall be made mighty in the hands of his God in bringing to pass the redemption of Zion
. The Lord shall be on his right hand and on his left; shall go before his face and shall be his rear ward,5
and shall turn aside all the shafts of the <his> enemies. And he shall go down to his <in> honor and with gray hairs, to the grave, and shall be caught up in the cloud to meet the Lord,6
and shall ever be with him; even so. Amen.Oliver Cowdery
, Clerk and Recorder.
Given September 22, 1835, and recorded October 2, 1835. [p. 14]
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